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[Android Apps and Games] mouseymousey:
Thanks for this great app, I couldn't believe it when my new S2 arrived and it didn't have an LED!

Quick question, is there any plans to introduce functionality to change the colour of the notification based upon the contact?

One thing I really miss about my Desire is that Handcent could flash different colours depending on who the message was from.

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Not really in the road-map but you can have their contact picture show up instead.
[Android Apps and Games] O and O:
With all this done I'm honestly at a loss for what could be added. I'd just like some more research by anyone on battery and I will be a happy bunny.
[Android Apps and Games] MadCow27:
1) If :

- I check Handcent in Monitored Apps

- I change its default icon by one from theme on your website (sms icon)

Then each time my screen is blinking (Battery saving feature --> on time = 5 s / off time = 10 s), the number of "incoming message" count on the icon is increased.

2) I think there is a confusion between HandCent and GoSMS. Anyway, I try with and without the "same" option in Handcent : same problem. Don't forget before Handcent's update with the same settings I had no problem at all... Off course I disabled notification from the default SMS application, to prevent double icons ;)

3) I tried without the "Handcent default SMS application" option, and with notification from both Handcent and default SMS application --> same problem.

I will try to desinstall/reinstall NoLed.

Edit : same problem after reinstall.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Its really strange how the counter increases with every "blink". I believe Handcent's devs are actually refreshing the status bar notification every time you turn your screen on or off !

I do remember receiving an email about a workaround for the new broken update by Handcent but I can't find it now. I remember it having to do with switching a new feature off somewhere in the options. I did write the workaround for GoSMS on the FAQ but skipped the Handcent workaround :rolleyes: But they both broke compatibility with their recent updates.

I would definitely recommend keeping only one toggle switched on. Either Handcent through Monitored Apps or the default SMS toggle. Having them both checked will give very unpredictable results and may lead to a race condition (you might even end up having two icons/dots!).

Try to make it work with the default SMS toggle though and by switching some options in handcent on/off. It should work iirc.
[Android Apps and Games] MadCow27:
Thank you for your help. I was also asking about keeping the 2 toggles switch on :D It will be easy to choose : with default sms toogle on it doesn't work ! :p

I will make some experiments after WE. But if you can recover the email it will be easier ;)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Only email I can find right now says that Handcent released an update that fixed the problem recently. Aug 2011.
[Android Apps and Games] MadCow27:
Lol ! I had my problem SINCE the last update in August ! :mad:

It seems Handcent's developers made a crappy work ....
[Android Apps and Games] E-riko:
hi madmack

been wondering if your application (wich has worked perfectly for me on my Galaxy S2 with custom Lite'ning' rom) would work on a MIUI rom for the Galaxy S2?

been reading some messages that it wouldnt work, but than again, I read negative things due to settings and not due to compability issues...

edit: somebody said noled is not compatible with MIUI :o so it wouldnt work...

so can you give a confirmation?

I am talking about Miui 1.8.26 for Galaxy S2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130951

thx
[Android Apps and Games] wudini:
Hi,

im using k9 since yesterday, but noled shows no icon, can somebody help me ?

Got 2.3.4 JVR with speedmod kernel and latest noled.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
It should work :) Don't pay too much attention to the comment in the Market, its most likely an conflicting app. NoLED should be ROM independent; it works just like any other Android app. Only requirement for NoLED is that you have at least an Eclair build or greater.

Reinstall NoLED. See if your K9 emails appear under Toggle > Emails. If they do, then NoLED should display your emails from K9.
[Android Apps and Games] E-riko:
indeed, it worked, the developer and another user confirmed it :)
[Android Apps and Games] wudini:
I reinstalled noled, now it works, thanks ! :)
[Android Apps and Games] davidswb:
NOLED conflict with NO Lock

I have a Samsung Galaxy s2 and NOLED works very well.

I tried installing NO Lock and when the phone is in Unlock mode, then NOLED no longer works.

Is there a solution for this. NO LED is essential, however, NO Lock is very useful as well.

David
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
There is currently no solution to this problem as NoLED requires a lock screen to work properly. Please refer to the FAQ for more info.
[Android Apps and Games] HulkSmashBurgers:
Has there been any progress on adding blacklist support?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I haven't been able to find an API for it.

I think we can even call it an Android framework bug as the reject list should supersede the broadcast intent that I'm receiving. Isn't this feature very specific to TouchWiz and Samsung devices only anyways?

I don't think I have a solution or a workaround for this unfortunately :(
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Anybody with a Fascinate following this thread?

I need someone to test some apks to see if the missed call problem can be solved.
[Android Apps and Games] vrindamishra:
Not working on my SGS

Hi, I downloaded this application 3 days ago. The problem is I'm not able to backup or restore. It said operation failed. Secondly, whenever my phone hangs I have to reboot and bam! The monitored app tickmarks, notification interval timing, and all the other settings manually done by me are vanished. Yesterday I discovered that this has not only been happening after reboot but kept happening automatically after 15 minutes of me reinputting the settings in the app. I mean you know how annoying can that get. So please reply as soon as possible to my problem. I'm not even able to download the beta version from the forum page so please email it to me on vrindamishraa@gmail.com hope to get a reply soon on my mail. THANKS
[Android Apps and Games] V&G:
Great program!!

Just some issues with false alarms for eMail client.

I'm using AndroMail and it set its notification at the status bar on each synchronization. As the author of the program wrote it's a requirement of Android OS for backgroud processes.

Looks like, NoLED monitors notifications and each time AndroMail notifies about its synchronization it increases notification counter by 1 and displays notification. But at the matter of fact there is no new mails received.

Is it possible to distinguish monitored program notifications by type or to define some kind of time window for ignorable notifications?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I replied to your email.

Unfortunately there is no way for NoLED to distinguish between synchronization notification messages in the status bar or actual new email notifications.

Your best bet would be to ask the developer and ask him/her to make these sync notifications optional. I know other apps that do exactly that so its doable. The dev can contact me if they need any help with the implementation :)
[Android Apps and Games] V&G:
Thank you for your reply!

I talked the developer of AndroMail and received from him the following link:

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/02/service-api-changes-starting-with.html

As you can see, partial notification is going to be the common situation for many programs as long as it's going to be the standard for Android development.

Are you still know about workaround for it? Could you explain it shortly here?

Thank you ahead,

V&G
[Android Apps and Games] Tanis64:
Happy Birthday NoLED!!!

one year on the market

Thanks for the Great App!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
ask him to use this:

startForeground(0, null);

if the user selected not to be notified about syncs in the status bar, and to use his regular implementation otherwise.

He needs to be put some kind of warning about it though as Android can terminate that sync operation if it encounters low memory so it might not work perfectly fine on the lower end of the devices. NoLED has something similar, I have the icon disabled by default due to the onslaught of negative comments in the Market once I implemented it. lol

Yaaay :) I didn't see it coming.

Its been a good year for NoLED and hopefully better years to come.
[Android Apps and Games] V&G:
Prticipating in congratulations to the author of this handy tool!! Have a great year!!

P.S. Thanks for your tip.
[Android Apps and Games] tierix:
Hi

Great app! I get notifications except for the SMS one!! I have obvously checked the services, which are running, the SMS box is checked in "Toggle notifications" AND in "Icons" but everytime I get an SMS and don't turn screen on, nothing happens.

Works fine for missed calls...

Any ideas please?
[Android Apps and Games] MadCow27:
Which app do you use for SMS ? Do you have notification in the sliding tab upper screen ?
[Android Apps and Games] tierix:
No particular app, just the SMS original thingy in the SGS2. Yes I get the normal notification
[Android Apps and Games] controller38:
I just install v0.4, everything goes fine, thanks a lot!

I have a small suggestion, the color of blue dot is a bit dark, is it possible to make it lighter? It will be more visable.
[Android Apps and Games] rmb1000:
Love this app

this app is the bomb/ definitely a color scheme for different notifications would be great and appreciated. allowing multiple color dots at the same time for notifications would also be great. i.e., red and green for email and sms.
[Android Apps and Games] HardCorePawn:
v0.4 already has multiple dots... I've tested it and had all 3 showing at the same time :)
[Android Apps and Games] rmb1000:
ok, sorry, i must be doing something wrong.
[Android Apps and Games] noobie1:
hmm..i wonder why only the red dot work on my phone...i tried miss call,msg but both din work...it only work when i use msn to chat...help please??

EDIT : ok..nvm now..it working right now...:D
[Android Apps and Games] rmb1000:
ok, i figured out the problem... i was also using the "no lock" app. so it opens the screen right away when a call or sms comes in. so it didn't trigger. only the gmail would trigger the red light.

this app is a great piece of work! hopefully i can figure out a way to configure things to work with "no lock" maybe i'll try a different sms deal.
[Android Apps and Games] putkte:
thans, Working nicely on GT-I9000
[Android Apps and Games] darren2190:
Working on i9000. Thank you....
[Android Apps and Games] aknetemann:
Thanks a lot works like a charm:D
[Android Apps and Games] parmijo11:
New version isn't working for me. Uninstalled previous version, rebooted, installed new version, lock and no noled not working.
[Android Apps and Games] picard2008:
While on KIES, NoLED locked up

This is a great apps and I've been seeing multiple colors (3 in total, red, grean, blue) on at the same time.

However, I have experienced twice already that when I had linked up with KIES while a message arrived, my phone locked up and I can't turn the screen back on again. Twice, I had to take the battery out.

The dot still moved around so it was running somehow.

Anyone has seen such an issue or is it just me?

Thanks,
[Android Apps and Games] PhoenixFx:
I installed your app today, works well. Really appreciate your effort. I was looking for something like this, since I am used to having a LED indicator on my previous phone for missed calls and texts, which i found very useful. Don't know why Samsung skipped it :mad:.

However, I have one small suggestion: I find the dot little bit hard to see, especially when there is lot of light around. I saw from your change log that you have changed the colour to a darker shade (was there a specific reason like a user request or something? ), but I think its too dark and too small. Here is an idea: why not have a larger dot for the first few minutes (lets say for the fist 30mins) and then make it smaller? Or make it light up more at first and then dim it later. That way, people can easily see the notification and not worry about battery consumption if the phone is unattended for a long time.
[Android Apps and Games] zachol:
Handcent Sms

Hi,

Thanks for this great app!

I got it working all right for Gmail (purple dot), but not for SMS. I use the app "Handcent SMS" as SMS software, and got the native SMS notifications turned off as I otherwise got double SMS notifications. I use the standard sound notification in Handcent SMS.

Does the app only work for the native SMS software?

/Zackarias
[Android Apps and Games] dbtomas:
I have the same problem :o
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Could you guys please clarify the problem ? If your phone is connected with KIES with a USB cable, and your screen is turned off and an email is received, then you cannot activate the screen anymore ? Am I getting this right ?

Could you please provide a step by step guide to reproduce this problem ?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I haven't tested Handcent SMS. I think some people reported problems with Handcent, try to disable that and see if it works. It should definitely work with the stock Messaging app.

The dimmer green dot was a request made here earlier. In comparison with the other colors, the green dot looked a lot brighter. Being brighter also uses more battery resources, hence the decision to dim it and be consistent with the other notifications. I will look into what you suggested, I'll probably be working on different things at the moment. (GUI to disable notifications completely for night time, Gtalk notifications, release on market..). I wanna keep things as simple as possible for now :)
[Android Apps and Games] muntos:
Great application, please change the color for missed calls, it is to dark and you could miss it easily.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Done :) You can redownload v.5 now and it should have the new missed call lighter color.
[Android Apps and Games] controller38:
Thanks a lot! It's much better! :D
[Android Apps and Games] alanlsmith:
Just a quick observation, having just installed v.5 & not having tried this with the previous version, so I don't know if this has always been the case.

If, when a notification dot is on the screen, you press the power button the dot goes away & the capacitive buttons no longer light up when touched. Press the power button again, the dot returns & the capacitive buttons light up when touched.

This would seem to indicate that the device (as well as the screen) is awake whilst displaying the notification, as it can be turned off with the power button.

The power consumption when a notification is fired, say, at night & so isn't dismissed for some hours, would also indicate the device and/or the screen is active, so a method of turning the notification off at night would be welcome.

This application is definitely a much needed addition to the i9000,thank you for your work on this.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I initially thought you had a custom SMS app as well. I have the SGS2 and SMS works. I don't know why it doesn't pick it up on your device :confused:

Any app that changes the behavior of the lock screen? That could be the other reason as well. Otherwise, which ROM do you have installed in your phone?
[Android Apps and Games] chiefy009:
Great app been using a few days, not sure if it has been mentioned already but you cant use widget locker with it and have to use the home button to wake
[Android Apps and Games] tierix:
thanks again for your replies.

Nope, no app that changes the lock screen. I have "Extreme Call Blocker Droid", but it is not this since Noled doesn't work for SMS even with Extreme Call Blocker disabled.

The weirdest thing is that missed calls work, it's just SMS that doesn't.

Do you know if anyone has ever encountered something like this before pls?

My ROM is: XXKE7

EDIT:

I have news. It (almost) works ONLY if I check "Messaging" in "TOGGLE MONITORED APP" --> "Monitored Apps". BUT, even though I chose the Icon from one of the Theme I installed, all I get is the clock and a very small white square, no real icon.

I shouldn't have to select "Messaging" in "Monitored Apps" for the SMS to be activated, should I??
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
The back key doesn't work with widget locker?

That shouldn't be the method to get it to work. The built-in toggle under Toggle Notifications for SMS should function correctly.

You're the first person that complains about SMS not working with the stock SGS2 SMS app :confused: I've had KE7 on my device for a while too and it worked. I'm not sure how I'd fix that given that I can't replicate it.

My money would be on a 3rd party app that's messing with SMS on your device though.
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
NoLED

I am reading back some pages to catch up. Wouldn't this issue be an easy fix of just going into the file that has the dot and replacing it with a .png of an 'N' or whatever? This is something I think a user should do manually if they want to. It would work, wouldn't it?
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
NoLED

I finally caught up. I read a few days ago about the update for Gmail breaking NoLeds notification and if I'm correct, you were able to fix it. Problem is, I have gmail checked in both 'Emails' and in 'Monitored apps'. Not getting any notifications. What am I doing wrong? I believe I'm totally updated.:)
[Android Apps and Games] V&G:
Received a feedback from the author saying that 0\null usage is an undocumented usage of this API so it mgiht be a potential source of bugs\problems according to the future Google's handling of such cases. Worthless to say, that such behavior is unwanted by each programmer ;-).

But thinking in a while, you wrote that in the past you've an encountered such problems with other programs. What about more constructive solution? What do you think about to realize some simple public API so others would be able to notify NoLED about their statuses. Or, as alternative, to define some kind of standard broadcast intent?

This way you can solve a majority of the problems with notifications and more of that. In case of applications supporting NoLED user wouldn't need to turn monitoring future on.
[Android Apps and Games] tierix:
ok I have more news about this issue. I managed to narrow down what the issues are (I have 2):

1. SMS Notification not working:

It is not working ONLY when I use the "Delay All Notifications" option. if I set this option to "0", then it works fine, if I set this option to anything else other than "0", then I don't get the SMS notification at all (screen nor vibrate).

2. Issue with the option "Use Home Button" in "Dismiss Buttons" menu.

If I use the "Use Home Button" option, I get a 2 seconds lag (wait) after I slide the new message notification on screen that is supposed to take me to the message itself.

If I use the "Use Back Button" option, it works fine.

Does this help you more? If we could find someone with the same ROM as mine that can try these settings, that would be awesome. If it works for that person, then yes, it must be another app, but which one.... I have like 40 installed!

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
The dot is not a png file though. Its a drawing function that does it dynamically as the program runs. The other problem is also that there is no code in NoLED that handles all events as one notification. That's the case since the very early versions which had only 1 red dot and didn't support the monitored apps functionality.

hmm.. do you receive any permission errors by NoLED at all? Things should work correctly, I don't know why that's not the case.

Only thing I notice though is that you'll need to untick Gmail from Monitored Apps. Rely on the built-in APIs for Gmail. They work better :)

Well, we'll just have to disagree then. If all programs had to go by the documented APIs, NoLED's Gmail and GTalk integration, for example, would have never made it to light :) It's up to him though. That little code works perfectly with Android 2.1+.

That's indeed a good idea. I'm actually planning on adding something like that to NoLED. It'll take some time though, so for now I was thinking of implementing a "filter by text" for all Monitored Apps. You can filter the types of notifications that you want to get notified about by the notifications' titles. For example, "new gmail" when Gmail notifies you of new emails. It should be a good workaround for your problem as well until I figure out something for other devs to implement if they're interested.

Unfortunately Android doesn't give us developers finer grain control over the Home key. I'm really relying on Android's framework implementation which simply just takes the foreground app and put it in the background. If you notice, no apps in the Market can override what the Home key does; pressing that key will always send you to the home screen.

The two second delay is not caused by NoLED, but by the slider implementation which doesn't like having another app sitting on top of it. It works fine with the back key because that window is terminated by code so the lock screen can do its thing as if NoLED never existed on top of it.

I'll check the Delay all feature with SMS and report back. But any particular reason why you'd want to delay given that SMS works fine without it? Also, what delay value did you put so that I can try to replicate the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] tierix:
The reason I think the delay option is a good idea is because if I receive an SMS and I'm close to the phone, I know I have to check my phone and it gives me time to check it. If I know I just received a text message, I don't need to waste battery using NoLed to tell me what I already know, so this option is handy in my opinion. The value I put was 30.

thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I ran through the code and tested it and it works just fine on my setup. I don't know why its not getting triggered. You don't have WidgetLocker installed do you? Also, did you tick Delay all SMS? You'll need to untick that one.

side note: currently in the code, you'll have to restart NoLED for the new delay time to reflect correctly. I'm changed it so that it happens without the need to restart NoLED. The new beta/release will reflect this change.
[Android Apps and Games] tierix:
Thanks for your help anyway. I've never installed WidgetLocker. "Delay SMS Notification" is not ticked and yes I restarted NoLed everytime I changed a setting using the widget.

I can live without this though, all I wanted is to get the SMS notification which I do now. thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] V&G:
Great, thank you! Definitly, it might solve the problem with false notifications.

On the other hand, broadcast message might significantly decrease a load of NoLED because this way you'll be invocated "by Push" technique with no need for pooling and parsing the notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] pennas:
I've noticed a few times that the wrong icon seems to be displayed when I get a notification; I think it is the icon from the previous noticiation that is being displayed.

These may (I'm not entirely sure) all have been notifications from the 'Monitored Apps' section, if that makes any difference?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Just wanted to add that NoLED never polls anything. I don't like any code that does so we don't have that in NoLED. Otherwise, the filter by text is in my to-do list :)

Try to dismiss notifications with the Back key. They should never come back up.
[Android Apps and Games] hassaan123:
Few questions- once i receive a sms,it will keep showing the notification till i read it right?? And wont it consume extra battery power?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
It will display the sms icon until you hit the home or back key. then it won't come back up even if you haven't read your sms.

keeping notifications on your screen will consume extra battery power.